On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:09:24PM +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 19:29, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
Besides, we were talking about widgets. When even
single
widgets would require to RTFM, what would that mean
for a full app?
I think there is a danger here of being too conservative - something I
think existing commercial software does (in a sense it has to). We have
to opportunity to try out new ideas that may indeed confuse a user used
to current interface standards - but as long as there is a clear logic
to whats going on it should be a rapid learning curve.
I'm all for trying out new things (that should be obvious by now).
But a widget should not need documentation, users should be
able to figure all major features out by themselves.
Additional features accessibe by modifier keys are the only thing
where I think it's ok if there's no visiual hint.
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Thorsten